-Justin SweetHere's a little dollop of concept art I did for an online role playing called RIFT, PLANES OF TELARA. I've done a lot of work for these guys over the last few years. Great fun to work on....
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
For those of you in New York City this Friday night (or in the coming months), Check out this show! LECTURE: The World of Froud: An Evening with Brian, Wendy and Toby FroudFriday, December 2nd 6:30 - 8:30pm Society of Illustrators 128 East 63rd Street, NYC 212-838-2560 The Society of Illustrators, in conjunction with the Animazing Gallery exhibit World of Froud: Visions for Film & Faerie, is hosting an evening of Q & A with the Froud...
Gregory ManchessThe book I’ve been waiting to hold in my hand for so many years is finally available.One of the most admired, respected, and imitated illustrators--though with very few notable results--who’s career has spanned contemporary classic American illustration, up to and competing with the current digital wave, David Grove has written about his quite unique and rather exciting life as an artist, filled to it’s beautifully designed brim with...
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
By JustinI don't often get a chance to share much of my client work since a lot of it is NDA. (My employers have made it clear that they can and will send robot bears from the future to kill me if I breathe a word of what I do for them on the blog here...)Today's post is a happy exception. It is on Book 2 of the Society of Steam Series: Hearts of Smoke and fire. I did this cover for Lou Anders at Pyr Books. It is part of a series...
Monday, 28 November 2011
Illustrator Sam Weber hosts a radio show every Wednesday called 'Your Dreams, My Nightmares'He was supposed to interview Art Director Irene Gallo last week, but had to postpone it due to unforeseen circumstances. The interview will instead take place this Wednesday, the 30th, 8pm EST.Sam Weber's painting, commissioned by Irene GalloNot only is this a great chance to hear industry insights directly from the mouth of one of the top SFF ADs in the world,...
I've been a H.P. Lovecraft fan ever since I read "The Dunwich Horror" when I was twelve years old. I know that I should have posted this around Halloween but maybe your turkey has grown tentacles after sitting in the refrigerator for too long! Here's a compelling documentary on Snag Films.Snag Films link: Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown...
Friday, 25 November 2011
Here is a chance to get up close and personal with some of Russia's best art, both classical and modern. This website has a gallery of nearly a thousand works of art, by over 200 different Russian artists, all presented in high resolution.I'm going to warn you, this site is a major time sink. You're sure to find some of your favorite works of art there, as well as a ton of new artists that will quickly become favorites too. It's a good thing most...
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
By Jesper EjsingI was asked by the fine people at ImagineFX if I wanted to do a workshop article for the traditional part of the magazine. I was honnored and jumped right in. Because of the nature of the article, I had to scan the painting during the process. Something I rarely do but often have wanted to. All the time I promissed myself to scan a painting I got carried away midway and forgot to scan for an hour or two, thus destroying any chance...
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
-By Sam WeberThis Wednesday, November 23rd at 8pm EST, I'll be interviewing Irene Gallo. You can listen live here, or via iTunes by downloading the WSVA internet audio stream.We take calls, so if you're interested in asking a question on the air the number is: 212.592.2345If any readers want to leave questions or topics in the comments of this post, I'll be sure to check in tomorrow afternoon and discuss anything of interest on the air. If you like...
Monday, 21 November 2011
Wendy MacNaughton for NPRIn the upcoming book, Da Vinci's Ghost: Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image, Author and Historian, Toby Lester, reconstructs what Leonardo Da Vinci's daily life looked like by examining his journals. Lester claims Leonardo used to travel with a small notebook hanging from his belt, and "whenever something caught his eye," he would make a note, or begin "sketching furiously." Included...
-by Arnie FennerJust moseying around the stores (brick & mortar and virtual), looking to see what people have been up to, is always rewarding: you never know what you're going to stumble across, but whatever it is, you're almost guaranteed to find something wonderful. So...here are a few items that caught my attention in the last few weeks.Above: Travis Louie created this great cover for HPL's The Call of Cthulhu for Penguin. Above: ArenaNet's...
Sunday, 20 November 2011
by Petar MeseldzijaEmotion in ArtThis image is taken from Christopher Burdett’s blog …….In order toexplain properly these three stages of infusing an art piece with the emotionalcontent, I will have to tell you something about the genesis of my book The Legend of Steel Bashaw, for as faras I am concerned, it perfectly reflects all the mentioned stages. In 1991 the civil war broke out in Former Yugoslavia.Although the area where I lived was not directly...
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